Monday, November 18, 2013

Welcoming Baby and Prepping for Maternity Leave With A Plethora of Post-Its

Hi friends! Lindsay here . . .Tonight's post will be short and sweet. Ya know, since I am having a baby tomorrow and all . . .What??!! Tomorrow??!! How can that be?? I swear November seemed sooooo far away when I found out my due date . . . like I was going to have sooooo much time before baby made his grand arrival.And now the day is here. Like tomorrow.Sooooo . . . needless to say, I have been nesting. Not so much at home, because let's face it, the second-born basically doesn't get anything new and exciting. Nope. We plan to basically have diapers ready and stick him in a dresser drawer. Well, almost. Baby DOES have a bassinet in our room, but that's about it. So where, you may ask, have I been nesting? At school. I've been organizing, planning centers weeks into the future (even into the new year!), making copies and putting a neon post-it note on just about anything in the classroom that doesn't move. {Sidenote: Does anyone out there use the Wunderlist app? I swear it has saved my life. I cannot remember a thing with my pregnancy brain, and I use it to organize my whole life these days . . . I have a shopping list. A mommy-do list. A daddy-do list. A Christmas shopping list. A school to-do list. The listing just goes on and on and on . . . and I love it. If you don't have it, I HIGHLY recommend that you check it out. You'll thank me later.}

That's the problem with being a little bit of a control freak, ya see . . . Its. Hard. To. Let. Go.Sigh. So as I was readying things at school, I copied and prepped all of my holiday centers for my kiddos . . . and I am so sad I will be missing out on all of these fun activities! They are my absolute favorites!!

But Friday was my last day at school... I resisted the urge to put ANY more post-its ANYWHERE in the room (so that my poor sub wouldn't totally be overwhelmed with my micromanaging helpful tidbits . . .). I hugged my sweet chitlens and told them I would be back in February and assured them that I would visit before Christmas . . . And so . . . I am logging off for tonight as well. I will be back with baby pictures to share, and HOPEFULLY as we settle into our new life as a family of four I will be back to blog and share some teachery goodness with y'all.But until then . . . Happy Teaching! Happy Holidays! Happy everything!Lindsay